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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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